Several days after Iran agreed to freeze its enrichment program, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered Iran's atomic agency to begin production of higher enriched uranium.

The decision comes despite international demands for Tehran to halt all enrichment activity since that same process is used to produce nuclear weapons.

The U.S. is already pushing for a fourth round of U.N. sanctions over Iran's disputed nuclear program.

However, the Islamic regime maintains its uranium project is for peaceful purposes.